arresting attention

art by lynn

I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos. A stillness that characterizes prayer, too, and the eye of the storm. I think that art has something to do with an arrest of attention in the midst of distraction.

Saul Bellow, the Art of Fiction No. 37, 1966, The Paris Review

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This was written by lynn. Posted on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, at 7:57 pm. Filed under spiritual experiences, the arts. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.